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Excuse me, how to make a photo of this gradient lighting effect with PS?

The material is a bit simple, so Baidu found a lantern and made a case:

Look at the original picture first

Open a new blank layer in ps, then select the brush and click the shortcut key f5 to open the brush properties, and select this blurred edge.

Then in the upper left corner, reduce the transparency and choose white as the color, as shown in the figure (the transparency can be added according to your own feelings).

Draw as shown

Then select the layer and adjust the layer blending mode to soft light.

The effect will come out, as shown in the figure

contrast effect

contrast effect

If you think your theme is exposed, you can erase some with an eraser.